title: Metal impaction: an unusual cause of dysphagia.
abstract: A 41-year-old unemployed construction worker with a background of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic kidney disease stage 3, previous incisor tooth abscess aged 9, for which he was fitted with metal dentures, underwent a right below knee amputation. Postoperative day 8 he experienced episodes of dysphagia and vomiting postparandial. CT thorax revealed a foreign body in the midline region of the mediastinum. After two failed attempts at endoscopic extraction of the metal denture, the patient underwent surgical extraction of his metal denture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Upper GI Surgery, Barts & The Royal London, London, UK. c.anwuzia-iwegbu@uea.ac.uk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anwuzia-Iwegbu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Quereshi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003778:Dentures; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male